GTA cops have been psychic since 1997. It took Rockstar 29 years to make them do actual police work. The old system was one global variable. Commit a crime, a number ticks up, and every officer in the city instantly knows your face, your car, and your GPS coordinates. Rockstar kept it that way for three decades because tracking who knows what is one of the hardest problems in game design. GTA 6 turns information itself into a game state. Hollow stars mean an active investigation with no…